az-Zumar 39:58

AYAH az-Zumar 39:58	39:59 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 39:57
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى الْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِين
Transliteration		Aw taqoola heena tara alAAathaba law anna lee karratan faakoona mina almuhsineena
Transliteration-2		aw taqūla ḥīna tarā l-ʿadhāba law anna lī karratan fa-akūna mina l-muḥ'sinīn
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		Or it should say when it sees the punishment, "If only for me another chance then I could be among the good-doers."

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		or lest he should say, when he becomes aware of the suffering [that awaits him], “Would that I had a second chance [in life], so that I could be among the doers of good!&rdquo
M. M. Pickthall		Or should say, when it seeth the doom: Oh, that I had but a second chance that I might be among the righteous
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		"Or (lest) it should say when it (actually) sees the penalty: 'If only I had another chance, I should certainly be among those who do good!
Shakir		Or it should say when it sees the punishment: Were there only a returning for me, I should be of the doers of good
Wahiduddin Khan		Or, he may say as he sees the punishment, Would that I had a second chance, so that I could be among the doers of good
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		Or he say at the time he sees the punishment: If only I might return again, then, be among the ones who are doers of good.
T.B.Irving		Or he may say as he sees the torment: "If I only had another chance, then I´d be someone who acts kindly!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		Or say, upon seeing the torment, ‘If only I had a second chance, I would have been one of the good-doers.’
Safi Kaskas		or say, when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another chance to be among those who do good."
Abdul Hye		Or lest a person should say when sees the punishment: ‘If I had only another chance (to return to the world) then I would be among the righteous people.’”
The Study Quran		Or lest it say, when it sees the punishment, “If only I had another chance, I would be among the virtuous.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		Or say, when it sees the retribution: "If only I could have another chance, I would be among the good doers."
Abdel Haleem		Or, faced by punishment, it says, “If only I could have another chance, I would join those who do good!&rdquo
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		Or lest it should say, when it will behold the torment: were there for me a return I would be of the well-doers
Ahmed Ali		Or say on seeing the punishment: "If I could only return I would be among the good."
Aisha Bewley		or lest he should say, when he sees the punishment, ´If only I could have another chance so that I could be a good-doer!´
Ali Ünal		Or (lest it) should say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had a second chance (to live), so that I could be among those devoted to doing good, aware that God is seeing them!"
Ali Quli Qara'i		Or say, when he sights the punishment, ‘If only there had been a second chance for me I would be among the virtuous!&rsquo
Hamid S. Aziz		Or should say when it sees the punishment, "O, if I only had another chance that I might be among the righteous!"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		Or should say while it sees the torment, "If (only) I had another (chance of) recurrence (i.e., permission to return to the world) then I would be among the fair-doers."
Muhammad Sarwar		Or, on seeing the torment, it would say, "Would I have the opportunity, this time I would certainly become a pious person"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		or, (lest) someone should say when he sees the punishment, .Would that I have a chance to return, so that I may become one of those who are good in their deeds
Shabbir Ahmed		Or lest he should say, when he sees the Requital, "I wish I had a second chance so that I could be among those who do good to others!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed		Or when it sees the penalty (in case) it should say: "If only I had another chance, I should really be with those who do good!"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."
Farook Malik		Or lest he should say upon seeing the punishment: 'I wish I had another chance, I would certainly be among the righteous.'"
Dr. Munir Munshey		As he witnesses the (oncoming) punishment, he would wail, "Oh! If I had a second chance, I would be righteous!"
Dr. Kamal Omar		Or (lest) she may say, when she sees the torment: “Would that (there was possible) for me a return (to the world) I would then be among the Muhsinun.”
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		Or say, when it sees the penalty, 'If only I had another chance, I would be of the virtuous.'
Maududi		or lest he should say, when he sees the chastisement: "O that I might return again, and be among those who do good."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		Or when he sees the punishment he says: if I had another chance, then I would have been of the good doers
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		“Or lest she should say when she sees the penalty, ‘If only I had another chance, I would certainly be among those who do right.’
Musharraf Hussain		or when he sees the punishment he will say, “If I could live again I would be among the righteous.”
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		Or say, when it sees the retribution: "If only I could have another chance, I would be among the good doers.
Mohammad Shafi		Or should anyone say on seeing the (gravity of the) punishment, "O that I could have another chance, and then be among those who do good deeds!"

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		Do not be among those who will face the fire and then will say: “I wish I had another chance to devote my life to do nothing but the good deeds.&rdquo
Faridul Haque		Or (so that no soul) may say when it beholds the punishment, “If only I may be sent back, so that I may do good deeds!&rdquo
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		Or, lest when it sees the punishment should say: 'O that I might return, and be among those that did good!
Maulana Muhammad Ali		Or it should say, when it sees the chastisement: Had I another chance I should be a doer of good
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		Or it says when it sees the torture: "If that (E) for me (is) a return/repeat/second time , so I be from the good doers."
Sher Ali		Or, lest it should say, when it sees the punishment, `Would that there were for me a return to the world, I would then be among those who do good.
Rashad Khalifa		Or say, when it sees the retribution, "If I get another chance, I will work righteousness."
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		Or it should say, 'when it sees the torment, had there been a return for me I would have been doing good'.
Amatul Rahman Omar		Or lest anyone of you should say when he sees the punishment, `If I could only have the chance to return (to the world), I (too) would then be of those who do good.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		Or should say on seeing the torment: ‘Would that I was able to return to the world but once, I would then become one of the pious.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		Or (lest) he should say when he sees the torment: "If only I had another chance (to return to the world) then I should indeed be among the Muhsinoon (good-doers - see V.2:112)."

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		it should say, when it sees the chastisement, 'O that I might return again, and be among the good-doers.
Edward Henry Palmer		or lest it should say, when it sees the torment, 'Had I another turn I should be of those who do well!
George Sale		Or say, when it seeth the prepared punishment, if I could return once more into the world, I would become one of the righteous
John Medows Rodwell		Or say, when it seeth the punishment, "Could I but return, then I would be of the righteous."
N J Dawood (2014)		Or, should say, when it sees the scourge: "Could I but live again, I would lead a righteous life.

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		“Or perhaps, when the penalty is seen, it will say, ‘If only I had another chance, I would be among the righteous.’
Sayyid Qutb		or lest he should say, when faced by the suffering [that awaits him]: 'If only I could have a second chance in life, I will he among those who do good.'
Ahmed Hulusi		Or when he sees the suffering he shall say, “If only I had another chance (at a life with a body – brain) so that I could be among the righteous.”
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		Or it might say when faced with the torment laid upon the damned: "If only I could be given the chance to relive my life again down below so that I prostrate my reason to divine revelation and be among those who perfect their illustrious toils and turn their thoughts on moral excellence and benevolence and imprint their deeds with wisdom and piety!"
Mir Aneesuddin		or say at the time it sees the punishment, “Had there been a second chance for me (to go back to the world, then) I would be of those who do good.”

AYAH az-Zumar 39:58

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